Overview
- The company says its Rider Support detected unusual activity during Monday night’s trip, called the passenger, contacted 911, and the robotaxi reached UCSF before emergency responders.
- UCSF confirmed the mother and newborn arrived at the hospital; Waymo removed the vehicle from service for cleaning and noted such in-ride births are rare but not unprecedented.
- Separate videos from the weekend show three Waymo cars stalled on a North Beach dead-end after two made minor contact during multi-point turns, with a Waymo employee manually clearing the scene.
- A new Los Angeles clip shows a woman discovering a man in the trunk of a Waymo she hailed; the company called the episode unacceptable, said Rider Support assisted, and LAPD details were not immediately available.
- These episodes follow recent scrutiny of the service, including federal evaluations tied to behavior near school buses, publicized animal collisions, and continued expansion onto freeways and into new markets.